Wire-applying tool.



ALFRED JAMES .AMBROSFL OF NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

WIRE-APPLYING TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July a, 1916.

Application filed August 24, 1915. Serial N'o. 47,101.

To all whom t may concern Be it knownrthat I, ALFRED J. Annosn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of North Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire- Applying Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in wire tiers and cutters, and the invention has for its object to provide a combination tool of the character specified, especially designed for facilitating the securing together of bundles of box-shook ends, wherein the tool is arranged to twist the ends of a piece of wire drawn around the bundle and to sever the piece from the remaining wire ,after the twist or knot has been formed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool in use; Figs. 2, 4 and 5 are sections on the lines 2 2, 4l-4, and 5-5 respectively, of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a partial rear view on an enlarged scale; Fig. 6 is a partial sectional view at right angles to Fig. 2. and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion of a bundle of shooks showing the twist.

In the present embodiment of the invention the tool consists of sections 1 and 2, pivotally connected together, both of the sections being substantially cylindrical casings, and pivoted together at the end of the section 1 and near the end of the section 2, by means of a rivet 8. The inner end of the section 2 is cut away on the under side, and

' t-his end of the section is shaped to form side walls and a top wall. The upper end of the section 1 of the tool is received between the side walls so formed, at the inner end of the cut away portion, and the rivet 3 passes through the walls and the top of the section 1 to pivotally connect the sections.

A plunger A is mounted to reciprocate in the section l, and this section has a longitudinally extending slot 5 at the plunger. A link (3 connects the plunger 4 with the section 2 in a manner to be presently described, and a coil spring 7 is arranged between the upper end of the plunger and the rivet 3, the spring acting normally to press the plunger downward, while the plunger is moved upward by means of the link 6.

The link 6 has an annular lug 8 at its lower end which passes through the slot 5, and engages a transverse recess 9 in the plunger, and the lug is pivoted to the plunger by a rivet 10. A block 11 is arranged between the side walls of the section 2 at the inner end thereof, and on the opposite side of the rivet 3 from the body of the section 2, and this block as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 4, is rabbeted at one side.

AThe upper end of the link 6 lits within the rabbeted portion, as shown in Fig. 4, and a rivet 12 is passed transversely of the said upper end and the block to pivotally connect the block to the link. At its upper end the link 6 has an outwardly extending tooth or blade 18, and the block 11 is provided at its lower end with a similar tooth or blade la, but facing in the opposite direction to that of the link. These blades 13 and 14 are cutting blades, for cutting the wire; and it will be noticed that the adjacent plane faces of the blades are beveled in the same direction, to form cutting edges at the adjacent faces of the blades.

It will be evident that when the blade 11 is moved past the blade 13, as sho-wn in Fig. 2, with the wire between the blades, the wire will be cut.

The pivot pin or rivet 12 before mentioned passes thro-ugh the link 6, the rabbeted portion of the block 1l, and the side walls of the section 2, thus not only pivoting the link to the block, but also assisting in holding the block to the section 2, and theblock is further held to the section by other rivets 15.

It will be evident from the description, that when the outer end of the section 2, which is the handle portion, is depressed as shown in Fig. 2, the plunger 4l will be lifted, and this plunger is reduced at its lower end and is cut away Yto provide a laterally extending pin 16.

A sleeve or ferrule 17 is threaded onto the lower end of the section 1, and this pin 16 when in the position of Fig. 2, extends diametrically of the ferrule.

In operation, the shook ends, designated at 18, are arranged in a bundle, and the wire 19 is passed around the bundle, with the ends lapping, as'shown in Figs. 1 and. The section 1, which is the body of the handle, is placed as shown in Fig. 1, and the spring '7 will hold the parts in the position shown It will be understood that in that ligure. the bundle is at this time in a press or clamp, the said clamp being so arranged that the wire 19 may be passed around the bundle without interfering with the clamp. The

Vpin 1Gis engaged beneath the lapping ends of the wire, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, the

spring normally holding the plunger in its lowermost position, and in this position the pin lo '-.vill be extended below the lower end of the section l. rl"he ends ot' the wire 19 are held loosey in the position shown in l, between the thumb and finger otthe lett hand of the operator, his right hand grasping the tool. 'he operator now presses downward on the outer end of the handle portion or section 2, and a loop olf the overlapping ends will be drawn up into the lierrre, as shown in Fig. (3. This movement "f Ales up slack ii l" the wire, drawing that portion of the wire encircling the bundle taut. The operator now twists the tool. on the central axis ol the section l or body portion to Jr'orin the twist 2O shown in vEig. 7. He can twist the wire as tightly as may be necessary, a single complete turn, however, being sullicient. During the twisting` the handle portion of the tool is held depressed, that is in the position of 2. lllhen the twist has been formed, the operator releases the handle portion and the spring 7 immediately forces the plunger downwardly', permitting the pin l@ to be disengaged from the loop ol wire fori ied by the twisting. After the tool has been released, that portion of the wire enoireling the bundle may be out away from the body of the wire on the reel or in the roll. by means of the cutting blades 13 and l-l. he wire is inserted between the blades, and the handle portion 2 is swung into the position of Fig. 2. rlhe blades l? and llinoye past each other, severing the wire, and the tool is rear. y for another operation.

l claim:

l. tool of the character speeiiied, oomprising a body portion and a handle portion, the body portion being tubular and boing pivoted to the handle portion near one end thereof, a plunger mounted to slide in the body portion, a bloek secured to the handle portion at the end adjacent to the body and on the outer side of the pivotal connection with the body portion, a link connecting the block to the plunger, the body .portion having a longitudinal slot and the link having an angular lug extending through the slot and pivoted to the body poi-tion, a pring normally pressing the plunger away from the handle portion, a fe 'ule detaehably connected with that end oit the body portion remote from the handle portion, said plunger having the end adjacent to the errule out away to form a pin extending diametrioally oic the body portion lior engaging the wires to be twisted, said link and block having laterally extending blades adjacent to the pivotal connection, the blade of the block being below the blade of the link when the body portion of the tool is upright, and adapted to move past each other when the handle portion is moved toward the body portion.

2. A tool ol the character speeilied, comprising a. body portion and a handle portion, the body portion being tubular and being' pivoted to the handle portion near one end thereof, a plunger mounted to slide in the body portion, a block secured to the handle portion at the end adjacent to the body and on the outer side ot the pivotal connection with the body portion, a link connecting the block to the plunger, the body portion having a longitudinal slot and the link having an angular lug extending through the slot and pivoted to the body portion, a spring normally pressing the plunger away from the handle portion, and a errule det-aohably connected with that end of the body portion remote from the handle portion, said plunger having the ond adjacent to the errule cut away to forni a pin extending diametrieally ot' the body portion for engaging the wires to be twisted.

3. A tool of the character specified, com prising a tubular body and a handle pivoted to one end oli the body near one end of the handle, a plunger in the body and provided at the end remote from the handle with a lateral pin exending diametrioally of the body, a spring normally pressing the plunger away `trom the handle portion, and a connection be tween the plunger and the handle for constraining' the plunger to move toward the handle when the outer end of the handle is moved toward the body, and cooperating outting )lades in connection with the handle and the plunger and moved past each other by the movement of the outer end of the handle toward the body.

Ll. A tool of the Character specified, comprising a tubular body and a handle pivoted to one end of the body near one end of the handle, a plunger in the body and provided at the end remote from t-he handle with a. lateral pin extending diametrioally of the body, a spring normally pressing the plunger away from the handle portion, and a connection between the plunger and the handle for constraining the plunger to move toward the handle when the outer end of the handle is moved toward the body, and a ferrule detachably Connected with that end i of the body remote from the handle.

ALFRED JAMES AB/IBROSE. llfitnesses:

A. H. HUnBNnR, SADIE A. SnoNTz.

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